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I have a question for people smarter than me. I was watching a comercial on TV and the guy was bragging that the fuel cell car put out water vapor for exhaust. I thought water vapor was THE WORST green house gas on the planet. I definately want to find an alternative to oil, and see the advantage of using hydrogen, but what if we end up with an atmosphere of a steamy jungle?

Well, Hillery wanted to jab Bush for the 500 point fall in the market so she issued a statement to get some face time on TV. We haven't heard one good word in the 5 year run up to record levels in the market, but let it fall 3.5% from it's all time, no doubt about it, never before seen, record high, and it must be Bush's fault. To cut to the chase, she thinks the US should limit how much debt can be owned by foreign governments. I was going to let it slide as just a pollitcal jab...

I've been hearing the reasons people are going to vote Democrat, but I can't understand some things. These are questions I wish would be asked by reporters.1. You don't like Foley, so you are voting for the party of NAMBLA and homo marriage?2. You don't like the war in Iraq, but what are you going to think about a new granite slab with 3k names on it and a new training ground for Osama? 3. You don't like gas prices but the Dems won't drill anywhere?4. The economy isn't goood enough, so you want to go back to Carter's numbers?...

Well, usually, if I wait long enough, somebody will say what I want said, and bring the topic to a head. Not this time. I've had it with waiting. Kerry joined the Navy in 1966. You usually join for a 6 year hitch. He got an Honorable Discharge in 1978. Is there anybody out there with any power that has a problem with that? What happened to 1972? I have written every news organization I can and sent e-mails to reporters until I give up. I went down each show on Fox News, even Cavuto. Nothing, Nada. I wrote the...

When we come to the hand-wringing and mostly Democrat-led wailing about "the middle class going down the tubes," we have a story that is based solely on out-and-out bad data collected in a completely obsolete manner. At least the impending "crash" in housing calls from the doomeisters is based on data that is subject to interpretation, but not huge revisions and erroneous measurement techniques. Of course, I am referring to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A few weeks ago the BLS announced that year-over-year payroll gains in the United States were 40% higher than reported, and it admitted that...

This is going to sound wierd. I need to set up a way for my in-laws to get on the net. Their provider went belly up and they don't have the bucks for DirecTV. They are in the armpit of communication hell. They have a '98 box with dial up and I have and XP box with DSL. My long distance is free. I need to set them up somehow where I can call THEM on their modem and have it answer when they are ready to log on and use MY DSL connection. If they call me it's long...

April 1st, Iran will open oil trading in Euro's. What effect, if any, will this have on our currency? Some are predicting massive inflation, others, nothing at all. Most seem to think oil will climb for us, but not for Europe because the dollar will fall and gold will rise.

I'm retired and live off my IRA distibutions yearly. I live in the path of Hurricane Rita. I'm hearing of a new law that would allow me to withdraw some IRA funds without the 10% penalty. I've checked with the IRS and they of course "know nothing". My congressman says it's the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act and it just passed the House. It apparently hasn't passed the Senate and hasn't been signed by Bush of course. Does anybody know anything about this law? It's getting late this year an I have to send for my 2005 distribution. I would like...

The Rambo Granny of Melbourne, Australia Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down - - and shot off their testicles. The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special way, said Melbourne police investigator Evan Delp. Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station, laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could be: 'Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by...

To: All Commands Subject: Inappropriate T-Shirts Ref: ComMidEastFor Inst 16134//24 K 1. All commanders promulgate upon receipt 2. The following T-shirts are no longer to be worn on or off base by any military or civilian personnel serving in the Middle East: "Eat Pork Or Die" [both English and Arabic versions] "Shrine Busters" [Various. Show burning minarets or bomb/artilleryshells impacting Islamic shrines. Some with unit logos.] Calvin cartoon figure urinating on the Koran. "Napalm, Sticks Like Crazy" [Both English and Arabic versions] "Goat- it isn't just for breakfast any more." [Both English andArabic versions] "The road to Paradise begins with...

Every angle of the murder of Terri, I guess has been covered,.....save one. The MSM and the Dems are crowing that the conservatives will pay for messing with personal decisions. Well, there is a forgotten minority out ther that no body has consulted as to how they might vote next go round. The disabled! The diasabled have been a counted on slave to the Democrat party for decades, but I fear,(not really), no longer. There are hundreds of thousands, and if you count their significant others and caregivers, maybe millions, that have been told they are useless eaters and are...

I have a brother in law that has a destroyed pancreas. He has been in a hospital in Houston for over 9 months now. He lost his job and has no insurance. He was taken by life flight to Herman hospital and not expected to live. Well, he lived. He has lost from 170 lbs down to less than 100lbs. He has 4 drain tubes in his gut to drain the waste that is leaking into his abdomen. He has several leaks in his bowel line from the stomach and duedenum and various ducts from his liver and spleen area....

I have had to format C: so many times, I need a new way to get my computer back quickly. I have a dial up connection so updating my Windows packages and Norton virus definitions and other such stuff is a real pain. I have tried several backup meathods and none so far are satifactory. I would love to be back up in a few hours instead of days with all my software installed with the proper serial numbers with all the updates and settings that I like, down to my wallpaper and file locations. I want one of those...

Somebody will be president in 3 weeks. Right now, it's too close to call. That's what scares me. How can we have such a clear choice and have such a close race. I felt this way with the Liar In Chief before Bush and was mortified that the country almost got Algore elected. Think about it, this isn't president of the student union, this is president of the most powerfull country on Earth and we may get Algore, Kerry, Hitlery, Nader? You say "NO WAY!" I say "Way!" We are a few dead voters and recounts from lawsuits away from...

Just heard on CNBC that Friday's jobs number could be big. The gubmint will revise upward the whole years numbers and the est. is around 288k. The excuse is the economy is growing so they didn't know to ask about the new business's hiring and are just now finding out about it. Friday night, Bush could have some ammo in an economic debate. The revised numbers plus the Sept numbers could cut the job deficit in half.

I've finally had enough! I want DSL! SBC just canceled DSL for my town and it looks like no help in sight. They are in talks with an independant phone company for sale of East Texas C.O's, mine being one of them. I don't want satelite and I can't get cable DSL. I found DSLAM's for sale on EBay and I want to be the DSL provider for my town. I have 30 years experience with SBC, but have never worked on DSL stuff. Never even seen it in a C.O. I need to know what I need to buy...

http://www.socialsecurity.org/calc/calculator.html If you want to know the Bush difference, go here and plug the numbers in.

Recently another book was released on the suposed life of Richard M. Nixon. In this book it was alledged he took illegal drugs and beat his wife. My response was "NO MORE!" He has been gone around 27 years and now he's dead and they are digging up his bones and pulverising them. I asked "Why would any man be hated so much?". The answer came immediately. They must have someone more corrupt, more craven, more depraved than Willie. I started to look at the wittnesses against Nixon as compared to Willie's and came to the conclusion there is more ...